Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2018)

Ceftriaxone-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Canada, 2017

  • Brigitte Lefebvre,
  • Irene Martin,
  • Walter Demczuk,
  • Lucie Deshaies,
  • Stéphanie Michaud,
  • Annie-Claude Labbé,
  • Marie-Claude Beaudoin,
  • Jean Longtin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2402.171756
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 2
pp. 381 – 383

Abstract

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We identified a ceftriaxone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolate in a patient in Canada. This isolate carried the penA-60 allele, which differs substantially from its closest relative, mosaic penA XXVII (80% nucleotide identity). Epidemiologic and genomic data suggest spread from Asia. Antimicrobial susceptibility surveillance helps prevent spread of highly resistant N. gonorrhoeae strains.

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